Fund tied to the late Bunny Mellon awarded to finance Easy Street Park

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Feb 5, 2018 at 3:20 PMFeb 5, 2018 at 3:30 PM

(Feb. 8, 2018) The design and construction of the Easy Street Park, owned by the Nantucket Islands Land Bank, will be paid for by a $1,383,175 grant from the Gerard B. Lambert Foundation, named after the father of the late Rachel “Bunny” Mellon, who owned a home for many years on the south shore of the island.

Land Bank chairman Neil Paterson made the Land Bank staff aware of the grant last year. At one time Paterson had worked for Mellon. She died in March 2014.

A self-taught horticulturalist, Mellon was inspired by the natural world and designed many notable gardens.

First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, who became friendly with Mellon and often visited Nantucket with her, commissioned her friend to redesign the Rose Garden at the White House.

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